Format
- Round-robin basis. One pool of three teams Pool A and one pool of four teams Pool B.
- Play starts on Wednesday.
- The winners of each pool will Play-off against each other to determine which one nation will advance to the World Group II Play-offs in April 2013.
- The nations in second place in each pool will Play-off against each other to determine the final position within the group.
- The nation in third position in Pool A will Play-off against the nation in fourth position in Pool B to determine which one nation will be relegated to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2014.
- The third nation in Pool B will not compete in the Play-off.
- One promoted.
- One relegated.